WASHINGTON, D.C. (X17online) - Ben Afflect's hit movie The Town was used by Republicans in the ongoing debt debate in Washington, D.C.

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) showed a clip from the Oscar-nominated film before giving his talk on the subject Tuesday, according to the Washington Post.

In the clip, Affleck's character Doug MacRay, a bank robber, asks his friend to help commit a violent revenge. "I need your help. I canâ€™t tell you what it is. You can never ask me about it later," Doug says. The friend replies, â€œWhose car are we gonna take."

When the clip was over, Representative Allen West (R-Fla.) showed his support by saying, â€œIâ€™m ready to drive the car." This reportedly surprised West's fellow Republicans because he had previously said he would not support a bill with any tax hikes in it.

Affleck, currently shooting the movie Argo in Turkey, did not respond as enthusiastically. He told the Huffington Post:

"I don't know if this is a compliment or the ultimate repudiation. But if they're going to be watching movies, I think The Company Men is more appropriate."

The Company Men, starring Affleck, Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones, is about a group of middle-aged men who lost their jobs due to the recession. In the film, one of the depressed men later kills himself.